Slabber Bullhead And A Visit By CO Vang

1.56lbs/13" THE Jig/minnow(G/Pink)

2.50lbs/16" Rocket Shad

Loon where the Swans Were Yesterday

 7:00-10:00PM GOMH SW SE 

42℉, Cloudy sprinkles, 3-14mph NW

I checked to see if Rock Dock was in. It wasn't. Briefly fished at Bulldog, nothing. Then I emptied the water from the boat. The neighbor to the West dock is in but not the boat lift. I then arrived at the GOMH around 7PM. Caught the jumper right off the bat on a Strike King Rocket Shad, which is basically a heavy mettle Beatle Spin. I then had a fish pick up the white craw tube, but I pooched the hookset. Around 7:30PM CO Vang showed up to check my license. I told him what I had been catching and what I was fishing for. After he left, when I thought the crappies would start biting, I switched to the SE side and threw out THE Jig/minnow under a lighted bobber. On the second cast, the Slabber Bullhead choked THE Jig. A couple casts later, I got a 10-incher that I put in the bucket. There was a long lull, and Lantern Man showed up for the first time this year. I got a 12.75" shortly after he arrived, and he got a couple of good ones right away as well. The 12.75" was my final bite of the night. LM had 6 or 7 when I left, and he had released a couple of dinks. I gave him the 10-incher. His son should be coming up tomorrow.

Caught A Slab and Some Little Ones Tonight

12.75" 1.14lbs THE Jig (Glow/Pink)

Size of the other one's I was catching

4:00-7:00PM 14-16' My Spot

30-35℉, PC, 3-8mph SSW

I drilled out the usual holes and put 3 or 4 single holes down to the South. Started in the 2021 spot holes, nothing. Briefly marked something in the next set toward the cane. Very perchy. In the CSP holes, there were a billion small perch swimming around. The holes closest to the cane had some little sunnies that vacated when I put my lures down. I worked on each of the new holes for 15 to 20 minutes marking a few perch probably. At about 5:20 I went to the holes out from the 2021 and didn't mark anything so after 5 minutes I went to the holes just beyond the 2021 Holes where I haven't caught a thing this year. I was marking stuff here pretty consistently. The first fish was a small crip on the minnow that took the bobber down without me noticing because I was working a fish on the vex. I think I got three clones and missed a few bites on THE Jig. I then hooked into something with some heft that took THE Jig. I figured it was a small pike. Much to my surprise, it was a slab that was barely hooked. I managed to land it. I caught 4 more little guys on the minnow 4 little guys on THE Jig and 1 on the Glow Demon Spoon.

11 Crappies